Question 1

Harshavardhana shifted his official political capital from Thanesar to which city?

Accepted Answer

Kanauj — Harsha moved his capital from the ancestral base at Thanesar (Sthanvishvara) to Kanauj, which became the center of his empire and a strategically important city fought over by later dynasties for centuries afterward.

Question 2

The Rummindei Pillar Inscription of Ashoka is unique because it explicitly records:

Accepted Answer

Reduction of land tax (Bhaga) to one-eighth at the Buddha's birthplace — The Rummindei (Lumbini) Pillar Inscription records Ashoka's personal visit to the Buddha's birthplace and his order reducing the village's land tax to one-eighth (Bhaga), and exempting it from the customary grain-share (Bali) — direct epigraphic proof of the pilgrimage and specific tax relief.

Question 3

Which Indo-Greek king is famous for adopting Buddhism and issuing coins with the title Soter (Savior)?

Accepted Answer

Menander I (Milinda) — Menander I, protagonist of the Milindapanha dialogue with the monk Nagasena, is the Indo-Greek king most associated with Buddhist patronage/conversion and issued coins bearing the epithet "Soter" (Savior).

Question 4

In Kushana period art, which school of sculpture is celebrated for its extensive use of red spotted sandstone?

Accepted Answer

Mathura School — The Mathura school of art, flourishing under Kushana patronage, is distinctively characterized by its use of local red (spotted) sandstone, in contrast to the grey schist typical of the Gandhara school in the northwest.

Question 5

What was the gold coin issued during the Gupta period officially termed in contemporary inscriptions?

Accepted Answer

Dinara — Gupta gold coins were termed Dinara in contemporary inscriptions, a name borrowed from the Roman denarius/aureus — reflecting continued Roman monetary influence on Indian coin terminology into the Gupta era.

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